Adjustable paring and slicing gage for knives.



H. TILL. ADJUSTABLE PAHING AND SLICING GAGE FOR KNIVES. Armcmon F|[.ED uAY n. 1911..

1,236,233 IatntedAug. 7,1917;

HENRY TILL, OF PITTSBUBG, CALIFORNIA.

ADJUSTABLE PABING AND SLICING GAGE FOR KNIVES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 7,1917.

Application filed May 17, 1917. Serial No. 169,198.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IIENRY TILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at littsburg,

in the county of Contra Costa, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Iaring and Slicing Gages for Knives; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thc same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon; which form a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in knives and is especially designed to provide a means for peeling or slicing fruits. vegetables. breads, meats and any other kind of food to which it is found znlaptable.

I- am aware that there have been knives made for paring, peeling and slicing but those heretofore in use have been subject to more or less objections. which objections it. is the aim of my invention to overcome.

In the first place I provide an attachment which can be affixed to any straight edged knifeeunl can be easily and quickly detached therefrom; it can be reversed so as to be usable. by either a right handed or a left handed person; it can be adjusted-to provide diilerent depths of cuts so it can be. used for both paring and slicing. By having the same detachable it can as noted be placed on any knife and can be readilj detz'ieherl therefrom to permit the knife to be. shar 'n-ned.

By being reversible it permits of thouni ve-rsal use of the same by any person. By being adjustable it can be put-tothe double useflol paring and slicing and also tlie'"si /.c of the nrringsand slices mayZ be varied to suit any desired conditions.

A further object of the invention is to prod ace :1. simple and inexpensive device and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposes for which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the followingspecification and claims.

In the drawings similar clnu'acters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views Figure 1 is a perspective view of a knife showing my improved attachment mounted thereon.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the complete attachment.

Fig. 3 is an end view of the same as it appears when mounted on the knife blade.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on a line X X of Fig. 2. 1

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings the numeral 1 designates the blade of the knife which may be made of any desired type but preferably of that form shown in the drawing. M v improved invention embodies first a pair of spring clips 2 adapted to frictionally engage the edge of the knife as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. At points a spaced distance back from the front ends thereof the clips 2 are provided with a pair of 'vert'icalposts 3 connected by a top cross bar 4. Depending centrally from the top cross bar It is a small plate 5. Screw mount ed in this plate 5 is a set screw 6.

The numeral 7 designates a lip provided with a vertical slot 8 mounted over the set screw 6. The lip 7 carries a gage plate 9 which has end sleeves 10 slidableover the posts 3. The said gage plate 9 has an upturned guard 11 along its loweredge. This guard 11 extends just above the front edge of the knife blade 1. By means of the set screw 6 the plate 9 may be set at any desired distance from the knife blade according to whether the knife is to be used for paring or slicing for determining the thicknesses of the pairings or slices to be cut.

While the adjustment set forth in the drawings is what I consider the preferable 1 form of the same still in practice there are any number of mechanical means whereby vegetables, I can provide a longer one for use in slicing bread. meats and the like.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I have reduced such a device as substantially fiil ls the object of the invention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in rlotail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations i bar connectin from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the lnvention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and useful cure by Letters I'atent is: v

1. An attachment for knives comprising a holder consistin of end posts, a top cross t e posts, a gage plate having sleeves sli able on the posts, and means for fixing the position of the gage plate at desired points. 7

2; An attachment for knives comprising a holder consisting of end posts, a top cross bar connect the posts, a gage plate having sleeves sli able on the posts, and means forfixing the position of the gage plate at desired points, such means comprlsing a de-.

and desire to sepending plate on the crossbar, a set screw .holder consistin bar connectm mounted therein, and a lip on. the gage plate provided with a slot through which the set screw projects.

3. An attachment for knives comprising a holder consisting of end posts, a top cross bar. connectin the posts, a gage plate having sleeves s idable on the posts and an upturned guard on the lower edge of the age ate. g 4. in attachment for knives comprising a of and posts, a top cross t e posts, a gage late having sleevessli able on the osts, w ereb the space betweenthe ga e p ateand the HENRY TILL.

ife blade may be varied y sliding the sleeves, 

